Tuesday, September 18, 2012

This card is destined for someone I've never met in person but who I've become online friends with through my ScrapHappy group. (If you are interested in joining Scraphappy just click on the link.) We were challenged by Stacey Julian at Big Picture Classes to send out "Happy Mail" so this is what I am doing. What is Happy Mail, you ask? Real letters and cards that you send for no reason other than that you were thinking of that person and wanted to let them know in a non-electronic way! WAY better than the usual bills and junk mail fliers you find in your mailbox, right?

Anyway, I'm off topic. Here is a quick tutorial showing how I made this butterfly out of my flower punch.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Two years ago when my eldest daughter, Marley, was about to start Grade One I surprised her with a fun cone of goodies hanging on her door in the morning. I'd heard about the idea from Big Picture Classes Big Idea Festival (actually a combination of two different ideas) and ran with it. I almost forgot to do one for Paige this year but managed to squeak out this little beauty after she'd gone to bed. Sorry about the quality of the pictures but it was pretty late!!

The two ideas I combined were 1) to make a paper cone and fill it with summer goodies and 2) in Germany it is tradition to give a gift to your child on the first day of Grade One. Marley actually reminded me several times to do this for Paige!

Paige got to pick the paper but had no idea what it was for. She chose a paper from Floral District and I picked out some coordinating papers to make the butterflies. I made them using my Beautiful Butterflies Die for the Big Shot. Here's a close up so you can see the layers and the added rhinestones.

I kept the wings popped up by using Snail adhesive in the centre of the butterfly and Stampin' Dimensionals under the wings.

This butterfly was found at Michaels - it's a little clip. So ridiculously delicate (it broke pretty much immediately!) but so beautiful too!

I filled the cone with school-ish related supplies - a Hello Kitty mini white board, a journal with some matching pencils and another smaller journal with attached pen. All things I knew Paige would love to have and use. She is my little artist and as such is always looking for paper to draw and write on!

Another view looking deep into the cone.

Thanks for stopping by. It's been a crazy week and a half since school started. I am WAY behind in my crafting, my blogging and just about everything! Hopefully this is the first post of many as I catch up.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Nope, you didn't read that wrong. It's the latest promotion from Stampin' Up! For every $50 purchase you get a free spool of 3/8" Stitched Satin ribbon. Please click on the picture below for all the details.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Patio Party DSP is fast becoming my favourite set to use to make birthday cards. My daughters were recently invited to the 5th Birthday Party for my upline Sandra's daughter so I got out the Patio Party and got busy.

My middle daughter, Paige, got to give input into the design as she is closest in age to Sandra's daughter. She wanted the bunting pattern paper, a stamped cupcake and the butterfly. She even picked out the Pool Party card stock base. I think she may have a future in this business!!

They had a great time at the birthday party although the Birthday Girl was definitely more interested in the presents than the cards! C'est la vie!!

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Inspired by the easy creativity of my Upline Sandra I tried my hand and making a box to contain a set of Thank You notes I had made for a friend. It was surprisingly easy! You know that adage "measure twice, cut once"? REALLY important as it turns out!! LOL! The first box I made was too narrow but ... c'est la vie! Next one was perfect.

I used the new Natural Composition Specialty paper (although I forgot to get a picture of it for you!) - this one ...

It worked out better than I'd anticipated. This paper is thicker than most of our card stock and is easily sturdy enough for box making.

To keep the cards from falling out of the box I simply wrapped a strip of Very Vanilla card stock around it and embellished it as you see.

The notes themselves are super simple but that's really all you need, right?

Here are close ups of them all.

Thanks for stopping by. I'm thinking this might make a good class - what do you think? Speaking of classes have you seen my new Christmas class yet? Click on the picture below to be taken to my Eventbrite site for all the details.

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I am lucky enough to be the Mom of 3 beautiful girls. They frequently feature in my scrapbook layouts and have learned to at least tolerate my camera!! My husband and I have been married over 10 years now and are both kept busy chauffeuring our daughters around to all their activities. We've also got our own activities so sometimes our calendar can look like something NASA might use to plan a Shuttle Launch!!

I also currently work outside the home at Pier1 Imports and inside the home on my scrapbook pages and my web site alisondaydesigns.com. Making the time to scrapbook and do other crafty projects is truly my sanity time!

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